I have things to do
before I pursue,
and should really wait
to actively date.
My place is a mess
with stuff in excess,
and I lack a car
so don't go that far;
but if you're the one
wanting more than fun,
my most likely mate,
don't leave it to fate.
With adequate bait,
I will accelerate.
Either way, new friend,
I'll enjoy your send.
2011-11-06 01:35
2012-01-22 03:47

Super Succinct Summary
INTJ/P, curious, creative, contemplative, calm, creative, conscientious, quiet but not shy, left-handed, only child, observant, logical yet artistic, and not average (and so thankfully so).

Some Defining Quotes
"Some see things as they are and ask why;
Others dream things that never were and ask why not?"
"Some fear losing touch with reality;
Others more rightly fear losing touch with fantasy."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Today is a fine day to die, but tomorrow works better."
"Those who speak loudest often say nothing."
"If you think you can or think you cannot, you are correct."

Relevant Interests
Talk to me about: computer graphics, fractals, graphics arts, typography, drawing/painting, amateur photography, linguistics, writing systems, phonetics, facial anthropology, scientific discoveries, new technology, scifi, math/science jokes, psychology, retro game emulation, music theory and notation, piano playing, psytrance/goa/d&b, LEGO's, origami, hiking, poi swinging.

Medium Version
Slow Danċer seeks a Sonnet to make music with, or at least more fine folk in the area for the band. Even the scientists/engineers can't play it solo forever, despite their superior powers of resistance over such distracting forces. I'd love to find a fellow knowledge sponge and inquisitive explorer with a good balance of curiosity with creativity/inventiveness/imagination. If you too enjoy people with more than half a brain and a placid but optimistic view of life, then keep reading.

So... you like dark or white chocolate? Both you say? Great, we already have something in common. You like loud guys likely to win the next Darwin Award? No? Cool, even more common ground. How about geeky guys who are considerate, artistically/musically talented, and have a black belt in the martial arts? Again, yes? Well, if you can live without the black belt, I know one (a few actually, but ericrk, OSUFlatland, and theholyhermit have their own profiles, so back to me). Meet one who is continually curious, perpetually pensive, artistically apt, and ... [hmm, thesaurus.com is failing me here] looking out for that last lost puzzle piece.

Longer Version
... ←

Past:
No longer a college student studying graphics at Oregon State U, teaching assistant, house secretary, nor near the familiar family and territory of Oregon and Texas, sharing fun with fellow mischief makers (OSUFlatland, BrittaAnderson, Lostinelass, PlanningToFail, Andy, Hervik, Kenn...).

Recent Present:
I'm in the beautiful Northwest, working full time yet playing all day, on the complex script analysis and text layout of DirectX Typography.

Shows: Final Fantasy concert at the Seattle Symphony, Folklife Festival, PLAY videogame symphony, Video Games Live, Whose Live Anyway.

Conventions: TypeCon 2011 in New Orleans, BrickCon LEGO convention, PAX, Comicon, Sakura-con.

Nearby: Pike Place, Space Needle, Seattle Art Museum, the crazy but cool library, Underground of Seattle, the Pacific Science Center (for both the IMAX and the actual science), Woodland Park Zoo, Trampoline dodgeball at Sky High Sports, Sounders game, Luminata Lantern Parade, Gasworks July 4th fireworks.

Further: Deception Pass, Skagit Tulip Festival, Puyallup State Fair, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Granville Island.

Much further: Week in Spain (Madrid, Pamplona, Barcelona), week in Italy (Rome, Sorrento, Pompeii, Capri, Florence), week in Washington D.C. (still didn't see it all).

Outdoors: Tiger Mountain Trail, Wallace Falls, Twin Falls, Snoqualmie Falls, Rattlesnake Ledge Trail, trails on Rainer, and few doing the rounds about Olympic National Park (though, nothing multi-day backpack worthy to date). Rafting with friends down the Wenatchee River, and kayaking around San Juan islands and in Green Lake. Biking along the Sammamish River Trail from Redmond to Woodinville. Novice skiing at Snoqualmie. (I'm not really "outdoorsey", but definitely not afraid of it)

Future:
- See the Golden Garden or Ballard Locks or Washington Park Arboretum Japanese Garden.
- Bike around the Burke-Gilman Trail (when it warms up).
- See Teatro Zinzani / Cirque de Solei.
- Paragliding from Tiger Mountain.
- Movies: Hunger Games, Brave, The Borrowers, Snow White and the Huntsman, John Carter, Avengers, Dark Knight Rises.
- Learn fire poi swinging (or at least find people who can *update: Think I found some).
- Visit the UK, Japan, and Australia (sigh, my passport is truly underutilized).

Distant future:
Marry my full time friend and lover. Contribute modest but notable advances to my career field. Start the cycle over for the next generation.

- Adding the intriguing matches to my favorites, then forgetting to ever send a message.
- Drawing, decently (pencil, pen, conté crayon, chalk)
- Playing piano (since age 9, but though rusty now - my Roland must feel neglected, along with the blue violin sitting in the corner that's barely been touched).
- Figuring out how things work, especially spatial puzzles.
- Telling computers what to do, 1 line of C++ at a time.
- Handwriting, reportedly neatly legible.
- Guiding the group back through the mall to the car (as they just commented that when the group seems lost as to which way to go, they just follow Dwayne).
- Perpetually procrastinating on the little things.

Less good at:
- Pensive prose of the flowing form (a rare thing).

And in openness, poor at:
- Athletic sporŧs (but if I did play, soccer would have my interest more than any other).
- Currently danċing (will work on that someday).

Dawn's observation was that I honestly speak my mind, but that's surely more true in virtuality than reality, where I normally leave my opinion to myself. According to one complete stranger on the bus it's that he sees a gentleness in my eyes (yeah, I too at first thought he must be flattering me for a later favor, but no request came). I told him that I wish more girls noticed that ; ) to which he replied, "Well, if they don't, then they're probably not as perceptive and not right for you anyway".

☑books = {Origami for the Enthusiast, good old Star Trek encyclopedia, The Five Love Languages, Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus, The LEGO Book, and artbook Hyung Tae Kim: The Second Works}; // is Wikipedia a book? if so, I like that one too.

❏magazines = {Discover, Scientific American, Psychology Today, Popular Science};

✍favored art style = {art nouveau, isometric pixel art, ⓐⓢⓒⓘⓘ art, Hyung Tae Kim's style, Michael Parkes' lithographs, Range Murata, J Scott Campbell+Nei Ruffino, Gonzalo Ordóñez Arias, Alphonse Mucha, and most things with vibrant colors/refined line/touch of HDR, intricate geometry}
/* and NOT Jackson Pollock, and thus far nothing Craig McCracken */

☽movies = {Stardust, Mummy Returns, How To Train Your Dragon, Gattaca, Spirited Away, I Robot, Batman Begins, Jurassic Park, Enchanted, The Village, Inception, Iron Man, 300, Equilibrium, I Am Legend, Casino Royale, Underworld 3, Star Trek (4,7,11), Moulin Rouge, Liar Liar, Bolt, any Pixar..., and more recently, I've enjoyed Tron, Megamind, Toy Story 3, Tangled, Harry Potter 7, Despicable Me. Little interest in horror, unless it's not gruesome, such as The Sixth Sense or The Others};
/* Generally prefer subs over dubs, whether it be Japanese (Yojimbo), German (Run Lola Run), or French (Amélie). */

♫music = {If it has complex harmonies or a lively rhythm, I probably like it. Indeed, most anything except twangy vocals/foul lyrics/growling pleases, be it Western European Classical to modern Psytrance to video game OSTs to movie soundtracks to ambient new world - Johann Chrysostom, Loreena McKennitt, Juno Reactor, Infected Mushroom, Enigma, Bond (not James), E.S. Posthumus, David Lanz, Yanni, Tiësto, Delerium, Nobuo Uematsu, Hiroki Kikuta, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer and some more recent finds/favorites: Zack Hemsey's Mind Heist (epic), Helena Paparizou's Mambo (catchy), Jessy Matador's Allez Olla Ole (lively), Kamaya Painter's Endless Wave, Lena Meyer-Landrut's Satellite, Ievan Polka by Holly Dolly, Sole Signal's He's a Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean remix); Can't forget the silly stuff like 'Star Wars (John Williams Is The Man)' a cappella tribute medley or Friends by Flight of the Conchords or We No Speak Americano hand clapping ft. Cleary & Harding};
/* btw, anyone played with FL Studio much to make your own? */

♘games = {notably those with exploration, good art, and puzzle solving, like Zelda Twilight Princess and the rest of that series, Tales of Symphonia, Metroid, Chrono Trigger, Mischief Makers, Mario RPG; or just fun, like Mario Kart.};
/* I'm more the console fan (NES/SNES/N64/PS2/GC/Wii/NDS) than PC, which doesn't compute given my job, but it's where the memories lie. I'm a few years behind on games, but there are still plenty of good old ones. FPS/RTS/Racer occasionally appeal to me, but MMRPGs require too much time investment. */

☆shows = {particularly scifi/fantasy/witty comedy: "bazinga!", (Nikki Heat), "spies, a bunch of bitchy little girls", "flash Bartowski", (NCC-1701-D), (River vs Reavers), "You are the fifth race", "fracking Cylons", "There is a hole in your mind", "I'm the last of the Time Lords", "Veridian Dynamics - we make your life better... usually", Gargoyles, Mushishi, Monster, Kino's Journey, (Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV), (Lina Inverse), +Lost/Heroes/Smallville in the early seasons}
/* answer key: ʎɹoǝɥʇ buɐq bıq, ǝןʇsɐɔ, ǝɔıʇou uɹnq, ʞɔnɥɔ, uoıʇɐɹǝuǝb ʇxǝu ǝɥʇ ʞǝɹʇ ɹɐʇs, ʎןɟǝɹıɟ, 1-bs ǝʇɐbɹɐʇs, (4002) ɐɔıʇɔɐןɐb ɹɐʇsǝןʇʇɐq, 5 uoןʎqɐq, oɥʍ ɹoʇɔop, pǝʇ ɟɟo ɹǝʇʇǝq, doqǝq ʎoqʍoɔ, sɹǝʎɐןs. If you like these, let's talk. If not, well then you are missing out I say. While I rarely watch much live TV, I have a habit of burning through a series on DVD. When I do happen to watch live TV, it's no doubt Discovery, SciFi (silly SyFy), CT, or History */

☺favored humor = {the paraprosdokian, antanaclasis kind, and occasional homophonic pun}
/* "Silence is golden, duct tape is silver." ♦ "She got her good looks from her father; he's a plastic surgeon." ♦ "Immanuel doesn't pun; he Kant." ♦ "Dogs like a bone; Cats like a mouse; Fruit flies like a banana; and Time flies like an arrow. (mmm, tasty arrow)" ♦ "Atheism is a non-prophet institution" ♦ "A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip." ♦ "I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat." ♦ "The last thing I want to do is hurt you... but it's still on the list." ♦ "Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." ♦ "The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!" ♦ Listen to yourself (xkcd) or Importance of Trapped Antimatter (smbc) */

✇os = {Win XP/7, BeOS/Haiku, Linux+KDE - in that order}

☛websites = {Wikipedia, DeviantArt, Omniglot, Engadget, Piken's Pursuits, ANN, TED talks, YouTube, Overclocked Remixes, The Music Notation Project, and Etsy for some of it's geek catering creations}

♨food = {Omnivorous, but avoids anything too spicy and squishy/rubbery (e.g. most non-fish seafood), pork, soda/coffee/alcohol, avocado, and black licorice. Particularly likes anything containing white chocolate, vanilla, or coconut}; /* Got milk? Say cheese. Alas, tofu just doesn't taste like chicken. Though, I hear Veridian Dynamics is working on test tube meat which would remedy the mass inefficiency to just grow a cow. */

☠non-favorites = {insincere smiles, superficial status, cigarette smoke, confined places for more than a day (car, RV, small boat), crowded loud places, speaking every little meandering thought aloud};

- warmth (fireplace, another person, hot chocolate)
- interesting people (stimulate me/engage me)
- little creations I've made (drawings/programs)
- some form of static media (books/magazines)
- some form of interactive media (games/movies)
- internet (bringing this small world closer together, one fiber optic cable at a time)*.

*Ok, so I can survive fine without that last one, but it really sucks when you have a question, and you don't have access to wiki's to answer them - like having an itch you can't scratch. After all, sometimes you just have to know what the world record was for the most paper airplanes in midair simultaneously.

Why is it that people who are "out-of-phase" in all those scifi episodes don't fall through the floor? (among other unsettled plot holes) Add to that dozens of topics that pique piken's interest over time.

Which is really more natural, pi or tau? Why do many Americans still use ridiculous and ambiguous MM/DD/YY order? Why does Fahrenheit still exist, along with those silly units of volume? Why does the legacy of the diatonic scale still infect our modern music notation? Aaaah. Why don't know more people look at things and just one day realize, "you know Fred... this is just dumb. Let's do it better.", to which Fred replies, "but this is how it's always been done..."

Sometimes wondering whether "user friendliness" of computer is a good thing. How can so many people manage to successfully use a computer yet emit utterances like "lolwut" or "u hawt"? I'm a person of few rants, but I want slap the little trolls, or at least force them to read aloud their tangential negative irrelevant boasting before they submit it. We need an anti-virus for memetically transmitted diseases. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming (and mood).

Why there are so many girls on this website who match well (95%+) who live in Canada instead of Washington — sigh, spacetime -_-.

Who exactly I'm looking for. There is no perfect match, just shades of gray within acceptable tolerance. I usually search long and carefully for things, and usually find them, fully satisfied with my purchase. So I have high hopes on the return on investment...

Often enjoying a new movie with others, or if selection is limited, watching a show, playing a game, eating out, or even reading some technical article (yes, didn't that last one make me sound real interesting). I don't frequent danċe clubs or bars because of the volume and crowds, though I like the music and would like to have coordination to coherently match feet with rhythm (the hands have no difficulty).

"Nothing, for it's the big vewy scewy internet" ... It's sad to come across those profiles. Show you have a sense of levity, and tell the world something completely true, yet completely harmless, such as...

- Let's see, as most people are pretty good hearted (you are, right?), my DOB is 1981-02-29, and SSN is 987-65-4321.
- Was red-haired as infant, until it darkened. Still left-handed as ever though.
- My oldest known ancestor is Jonathan Andrew Tierce, born ~1745 in Ireland, and my initials are that of an American President (not JFK, the other one).
- Never too old for cartoons (series or movies).
- Don't play with them anymore, but I've still have stored every one of my stuffed animals and LEGO's.
- Hates hypodermic needles. Circus clowns are pretty scary too.
- I danċe to the lively music when no one else is looking (care to sing to Haiducii Dragostea din tei with me? It's seriously happier than any song should be).
- My favorite number is 13, for a number of coincidental reasons.
- M&M's are eaten as follows: brown, orange, red, yellow, green, blue.
- My website gets more visits than my OKC profile.
- I do not have IED, LFT, Münchausen syndrome, OCPD, Self-Abasement, or Asperger's Syndrome, but I have this terrible case of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Why, it even took all my courage just to finish typing that last word!

*Well, mostly true anyway, as two of these bullets are false. If you're bright enough to figure out which, I welcome a message (appreciate the two girls who advised me to be more careful for the sake of identify theft, but check the numbers closely :)

You are...
- generally optimistic (don't whine/stay bitter/depressed)
- still looking at the world with wonder, learning from it and exploring it.
- at a similar level of immaturity (which is responsible for yourself, but still have some rough edges, like procrastination)
- creative (draw/paint/play a musical instrument/sing/compose), or at least strongly appreciate it.
- generally calm but prone to occasional bouts of excitability and tempered competition.
- full of opinions and thoughts, while not being opinionated.
- confidently regal while still being able to given in to silliness without embarrassment.

You're not...
- drug/frequent alcohol user, or cigarette/marijuana smoker (terrible smell).
- cynical and contemptuous (quota filled).
- retarded like these rioters....
- getting your daily dose of humor from other's misfortune or stupidity (sometimes is okay though).
- using these in your daily lexicon: "Just saying ... my two cents" (yeah, we can tell you're saying, just not saying much of value), "Not to be rude or anything..." (because that's exactly what you are about to be), "To be honest..." (what, because usually you're not?), "Seriously?" (uhuh, seriously, now close your jaw that's in condescending disbelief).

*taken from here

If so, don't delay. Send your resume today.

Current positions:
- Random activity idea contributer (positions remain)
- Shared hobby enthusiast (multiple openings)
- Movie connoisseur (multiple)
- Silly hat expert (already filled by Luhtakanta 2010-04)
- Full time confidant/activity partner/friend/mate (one slot)

The Bellevue, Redmond, and downtown Seattle areas are most familiar, but messages from unfamiliar areas are welcome too, preferably <=25 miles unless you want the equaintance pen pal position.

Bonus points if you:
- aim to improve the signal to noise ratio on the Internet.
- have done something geeky in your life and cared less what others thought about it, because you were having fun, such as:
-- learned a non-existent language.
-- made polyhedra out of food.
-- sung a song with lyrics of chemicals/protein names.
-- memorized all the countries of the world ... not because you had to.
-- collected one of every state's quarters.
-- created papercraft/cross stitch/perler beads to anything show/game/book related.
-- were part of band camp/chess/debate club.
-- attended a scifi/medieval/steampunk/anime convention to see all the merchandise and people dressed up.
- know that C++ is not a passing report card grade.
- consider yourself a recreational mathemusician!
- find Ferengi bar owners strangely charming (or even if you don't, but you actually get this reference).
- have nostalgia for certain catchy Ocarina-based melodies.
- naturally think "data dog" when you see a Welsh Corgi.
- like pumpkin sqrt(sum(1/n^2, n=1..inf)*6).
- hear IPA and think of something linguistic, rather than beer.
- you're a lean caucasian girl with reddish hair, green/blue/gray/amber/hazel eyes, cheilion dimples, slight positive endocanthion to exocanthion angle, corneal limbus iris rings (glasses or no glasses, no matter)
(answer key)

If you got the bonus points, why wait? I might not ever happen across your profile (especially if you're one of those invisible stalkers).